CM Club: ADVERTISING TIPS - UPDATED.............

TWICKENHAM CHILDMINDER- CRB, First AID
Full/part-time vacacies - also offering emergency care when needed.
Close to local schools - own boys attend St James's RC.
Please contact for more info.

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erm royalnannies think you should be puttting this in the small buisness ads section and pay like the rest of them do!

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Repost of Looneytune's initial list, as since the website revamp, it does not appear to be displaying correctly.
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I've put a new thread together to make the lists a bit clearer, with the extra suggestions added on. Hope this helps some of the newer mumsnetters who are in need of advertising help.

The first list is for online advertising, below it are other suggestions. If anyone has any suggestions to add, please go ahead.

TIP (online adverts)...... When advertising with descriptions, put your area but also mention surrounding local areas, like this for me: .......in Spencers Wood, Reading (near Shinfield, Arborfield, Swallowfield, Three Mile Cross, Lower Earley etc.)....... This means that other areas will be picked up when people search on google and other search engines. All my business so far has been outside my own village so if someone is searching their area and say you are the village next door, as long as it's in your adverts, you should appear on the search! Does that make sense???

BTW, most of these things take a little time to appear online so be patient Some of these allow links to websites (IF you have one) for free, others charge and others don't offer it. Anyway, get yourself on as many as possible and you should find (given time) that you appear on things like searches on google. I.e. if you put 'Childminder in Spencers Wood' (that's me ), you should see me listed loads!!

www.gumtree.co.uk
www.nannyjob.co.uk
www.scoot.co.uk
www.ukvillages.co.uk
www.britinfo.net
www.yell.com
www.118118.com
www.childalert.co.uk
www.practicalparent.org.uk
www.familiesonline.co.uk
www.nctpregnancyandbabycare.com
www.mumsnet.com (of course)
www.touchlocal.co.uk
www.netmums.com
www.askyourneighbour.co.uk
www.childrensdirectory.com
www.tinies.com
www.192.com
www.childminder-uk.co.uk
www.ukchildminder.co.uk
www.childcareindex.co.uk
www.thompsonlocal.com
www.childcareplaces.co.uk
www.childworks.co.uk
www.kyotee.co.uk
www.familyrapp.co.uk
www.babydirectory.co.uk
www.upmystreet.com
www.thelocalweb.net
www.babyworld.co.uk (can't advertise but can reply to requests for care)
www.justformumz.co.uk
www.ufindus.com
www.movethat.com (London)
www.village-links.co.uk
www.childcareresources.co.uk
www.earlyyearsonline.co.uk
www.simplychildcare.com
www.ufindus.com
www.vivastreet.co.uk
www.the-business-list.com
www.childcaredirectory.co.uk

Other advertising ideas:
Posters/postcards (our CIS give out their proper postcards to use if helps) etc. in: Newsagents Post Office Local Shops (one of mine lets me put business cards on counter)
Supermarket Notice Boards
Local Village Notice Boards (outside village halls etc)
Toddlers Groups
Pre-Schools
Library's Staff Notice Boards (ask your friends if they have one at work)
Health Visitor
Dr's Surgery (mine doesn't have facility but some do)

Mobile Advertising like NannyNick - here
If an NCMA member, tell them you want to take part in their care-4 advertising. They will register you and the following week you can advertise on childcareplaces (reason have to wait til following week is because they transfer details from NCMA every Friday) Tel: 02082902410
Personalised Car Blinds like this
Ebay (I have had lots of requests to build websites for other childminders through advertising my childcare vacancies however no enquiries for actual childminding, but you never know! )

For those of you in East Berkshire, there is a new website called Local Parent.
Covers: Ascot, Bracknell, Crowthorne and Sandhurst
Local Parent Website

fantastic thanks for that.

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TBH a lot of enquiries I get at the momentare from word of mouth. There are a lot of childminders around here and If one of us gets an enquiry we can't use we often give the parent a few other numbers to try if we know someone has a vacancy.

Waht has also worked for me is getting to know the people running parent and toddler groups and leaving adverts with them by the signing in books. Also they can then recommend me if they hear of anyine at the group asking about childcare.

The babies I have looked after have mainly come from enquiries from the CIS though. I think the council must send a lot of lists out around here and they have a reasonably up to date website too, to advetise on.

The only enquiry I've had from an online ad is via Care-4 and they thought I was a nursery.

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Thanks for these advertising tips-am slowly working my way through as really need some more mindees.

Will let you know if I have any response from any.

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